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1. West coast has potential if Carnival remembered they can send their ships another direction then south, Monterey is gorgeous, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and many other American cities that have little no novelty to Americans on vacation and top it off with a token stop in Ensenada . 2. It may be West coast. 2027 is a big year for so-cal. The planned completion of the Brightline west, will possibly allow more people to cruise from southern Nevada if they make it convenient enough. If Carnival or a private company offers reasonably priced transfers from Rancho Cucamonga, or Union Station it will be pretty cool. 3. It would allow carnival to possibly seasonal a vista class between SF, Seattle, and LA. Why kid myself SO-Cal is not getting the new Excel, they will replace the radiance with a vista if anything. EDIT: I don't think west coast cruises are for seasoned cruisers. I think the purpose is to lure new people into it then get them to book on a different one after they enjoy it. It could explain the low prices and the heavy focus carnival keeps on it.

Spread Sheet Updated after nearly a year I changed it so anyone can edit it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qkX0U71mQip6nFE6b4o1K6M-S3G58YDcrpyZ3pAFKjo/edit#gid=0

There is no option for a transfer from HOU or IAH to the port. However, there is an option for the other way around port to the airport. I am wondering is this normal or does this mean i have to find another way to port from airport. I would normally do uber, but with my mother it is close to impossible to find an uber that can take a mobility scooter so that rules that out. Some cabs may have it but from the airport to the port it is extremely expensive ~300$. Our best option is carnival, who seems do not have an option available.

My family are booked for a March Cruise on the Jubilee. My mother needs a wheelchair lift, so to play it safe we plan to take the carnival transfer. However when I look in the manage cruises section the option is only available for us to get a transport from port to the airport at the end of the cruise with no option to get from the airport to the port at the end of the cruise. Is this a common thing and will the option show up eventually or should we look for alternative options to get from the airport to the port. This is for the 3/16/2024 sailing.

TBH, Carnival's prices are far tamer then RCLs. RCLs Icon of the sea will be their newest vessel when she debuts this year. The cheapest Per person on her is listed at $2058 not signed in vs $669 per person on the Carnival Jubilee.

Outsider looking in: I have been on carnival several times now, but looking at MSC I think of an Martial arts saying "all the way out or all the way in" It looks like MSC is not all the way in the US market (yet). This is not saying they don't have enough ships but rather the ships they do have in the US, don't cater to US cruisers, no comedy clubs, long dinners and so forth. They should make changes to the US ships to make them more appealing to Americans. I love the concept of competition. I want MSC to compete more as it will be better for us all. However I am an American, you want my money accept I have different habits and interest then those old world people.

Diamond and Platinum statistically spend less money, however they are the most likely to tell a friend and thus encourage a new customer. Customer retention is just as important as getting new customers in that your loyal customers tend to tell a friend. I think Carnival would benefit by allowing it's loyalty to cross their brands. This could allow their customers to change lines as their taste mature. Not a full 1 for 1 but something close to it like 2 nights equals 1 rounding down. Additionally, after looking at the way FTTF is sold* it seems that Carnival has a calculated allotment of "priority" space on a ship. It looks like after Diamond and platinums are booked and calculated, the remainder is sold off as FTTF. As a share holder this seems a rather smart way to gain more money. Remember, FTTF boards after Diamond and platinums, and most ports do not have tender this point, many cruises don't have a tender port, so thats moot, and the only other perk they can infringe on is customer service line.

Is it possible the OP could add the link to the original post. Also will update the sheet today

From my experience that trek north can be rough at times, it seems at least once a month the Panorama is late. Do the other lines doing PV last and Cabo first run into this issue with being late, or do they leave PV early enough to give them more wiggle room on the sail up?

Is the china venture a bust officially?

Carnival separates it's brands by culture. Carnival is targeting the economy market however unlike Royal Caribbean, carnival only focuses on American audiences. Italians have Costa, Germans, Aida, and Brits P&O. This allows for a distinct offering tailored to their specific cultures, language, and customs. I.E. Italians do longer dinners then Americans. Royal doesn't have this brand separation. They have Royal for their economy market and celebrity for premium. A fair comparison would be to compare CCLs economy companies as one vs Royal Caribbean.

We went on this itinerary in march. One of our fellow cruisers, gave us the advise to get an uber. It costed us about 100 pesos (7$) to get to the downtown area

Found it on their website, Either Mein Schiff 7 or Disney treasure.

What ship is that next to her going up? It looks like an excel but the Jubilee is the last excell that is on order.

I don't think Fort Lauderdale is high on priority. It's close enough to Miami that people driving 2+ hours or flying wouldn't care about the extra dozen miles. It's like carnival using Long Beach vs Los Angeles for me. I have to drive 8 hours what's an extra few minutes.

Easier to train and equip your staff for the change in society then change society. Carnival has has many cameras on board their ships. If security needs to go hands on, camera will clear them. Unfortunately this is not neanderthal thinking but reality. Technique is a must. Knowing how to properly control a combative person needs to be trained to security. It can be done safely. It's easier with men, women it's a whole different matter. Ifyou are on camera breaking up physically combative females and you brush up against their breast you are covered as honestly doing your job. The problem is so much of that crap escalates directly to violence. lastly security should smile but have the skills and ability to secure their space. If they can't do that they are worthless.

I can tell you this is carnivals fault. This is from review of several incidents on board their ships. 1. As a whole carnival is non-confrontational. Their staff don't enforce the small rules (I.E. you can't save deck chairs) this means people see it as the green light that rules are okay to be broken. It starts small. 2. Carnivals on ship security are jokes. They undertrained, under equipped and have no idea what they are doing. Because all they have is a set of wrist restraints their only option whena fight breaks out is to go hands on, something most of them clearly where not trained to do. Furthermore many of them are physically small (a 6'4" drunk man being told by a 5' woman to calm down will not end well.) Part of why bouncers are large is the intimidation factor. People should think "if I get into a fight on a cruise ..." Carnival should have, collapsible battons at the very least and tasers if possible. A show of force reassures people of safety and imtimidates the bad people. 3. Carnival is horrible at responding to incidents. Many incidents have long build ups in which guest spend several minutes shouting and arguing. The moment two or more guest become confrontational security should be dispatched, they should not be showing up after blows. Get there isolate the guest, mediate and give security tools to deescalate it. (Got a guy about beat a guy up for spilling his drink? Security should be able to give him a drink at a bar further from the other person. This turns a hostile situation friendly and separate the people. My little rant, I worked 8 years in a secured environment and many of carnival's mistakes can be easily overcame and would make everyone happy. It may seem heavy handed but with proper de-escalation techniques and deployment it will drastically reduce incidents.

That's an excel ship, it's LNG so soot shouldn't be produced by its engines.

I was able to book dining three months in advance of my March 2023 cruise. Call 'em. Only thing you can loose is time

Is that 23 or 24? I have a cruise for March 24 on the Jubilee and nothing shows up when I go to the specialty restaurant section. My guess is around six months we can book. If someone can clarify that would be awesome? I am checking every week for FTTF however.

Use Uber. The Uber app will convert the fare to Pesos for you and it is drastically cheaper then taxis and paying in USD.

One solution is carnival adds coffee maker rental to the fun shops. Same as how bottles of water are delivered coffee makers can be delivered. If some one wants one while on board they can ask their room Stewert/ guest services. Furthermore if carnival feels they will get people who will click to have one in their cabin just because they can, and not use it once, they can add a 1$ fee to rent it.

Most likely its a cultural thing. P&O owned by Carnival has tea kettles due to it being a British centric line and their cultural love of Tea. While Coffee is the USA equivalent it may not be as popular. Wouldn't be impossible for Carnival to Contract out for some cheap room K-Cup makers and some rebranded "carnival coffee" C-kups in the room.

I was on the recent trip that hit rough weather on day 6 & 7. We ended up sailing into long beach about 10:00am. We started disembarking at 11:00. March 18-25. My experience was the exception not rule!

That is a complete waste of that ship. The ship was designed with families in mind. (water park, club O2, Extra berths, Ropes course, etc.) Families with school age children unless extremely wealthy cannot take world cruises. Taking 1-3 months off from work and school is not possible for most working age families who would be the ones taking advantage of those water parks and camp ocean perks. This leaves only one segment for a mainstream cruise. Retired people are the only people with the time to do this, So use a smaller HAL or Princess ship.